Odd Bird:AdolfOliverPanties: jaylectricity: He probably has something to hold on to.

I would hope so, but it wouldn't make a difference to me. I could be cabled in five different ways and I would still lose my shiat.

That's why I have to give mad respect to Tom Cruise for filming a lot of his own scenes in MI:4 on the outside of that building. Yeah, he was cabled in, and yeah, he probably figured Xenu would save him or some shiat, but he was out there, running along that outside of that farking tower. Farking hell.[4.bp.blogspot.com image 481x434][kuwaitiful.com image 600x490]

I think he got there via helicopter but I still wouldn't do it.

I still think that he is nuts, but I will have to give him some props for that. No way in hell would I do that.

FARK rebel soldier:Alright let's threadjack this one like I did the last one: Imagine instead of being safely on top of the world being 100 storeys up with nothing, no medical services, and a lawless vertical community under your feet.[www.architizer.com image 560x373](Click on it.)

I would be ok doing what was in the article (or at least trying, can't really know until you do it but never had a very strong fear of heights).

I am remind of parachute school. I was more spooked looking over the edge of the 10 meter tower in training than I was looking out the door of the jump plane. I could imagine falling from a 3-story building and busting myself up. But looking at the ground 4,000 feet below me looked like a photo of a landscape, and it was all so surreal that it never really registered. I think it's one of those primitive brain things where it cannot conceive of stuff that ancient Homo sapiens never encountered in his evolution.

awalkingecho:I wish I'd gotten this in before the tower climbers video because that one's a tough act to follow, but this one is both crazy and beautiful for those who haven't seen it.

Climb-y Goodness

My original comment stands. Mind you I've ziplined across gorges (including one that ended with me releasing the bar I was holding and dropping into a lake), did some rock climbing, and rappelling, but all of it above a certain height was tethered--I knew if I farked up, my equipment would save me and I had confidence in it.

Also note the comments on the video in your link:

He actually died in a different fall, no kidding. Real sad. I went here and did a small part of El Camino del Rey and that was enough... I was frickin terrified. Never ever again!

red5ish:URAPNIS: Pichu0102: AdolfOliverPanties: I would fall off. I would not be able to control my nerves, would lose my balance, have vertigo, puke, piss and tumble to my death.

Unless I landed in that big pool. Then I'd be all right.

The tower climbers video makes my balls hurt. And not in a good way.

I'm pretty sure the impact with the water would still kill you at that height.

Nope. I'm pretty sure that terminal velocity is low enough to survive. You just have to fall spread eagle.

Ha ha. You would be traveling ~124 MPH when you hit the water, at which point you would be transformed into a splash of grease and bone fragments.

Nah. Feet first, toes pointed. I probably shouldn't say this, but I learned how to jump out of a whirly-bird @ 2500 feet using this method back when I was in SEAL team 7. I think it's been declassified by now.

JacksonBryan:Biological Ali: jaylectricity: He probably has something to hold on to.

This.

Looking at the picture I can see part of a lanyard so I imagine he's wearing a harness. Although I don't think I'd want to be dangling that high off from a 6ft section of nylon...

In terms of pure proximity to danger, it probably wouldn't be much more perilous than driving or even walking beside a busy road (in the sense that you're often only a few feet or meters away from what would be a lethal impact). The only thing different about standing at a great height is that your visual assessment of the danger is quicker and more intuitive.